“At approximately 5:30 a.m., an OHP helicopter spotted Kyson near the Caney River on the east side of Oakpark,” Hastings said.

Hastings said Bosman is autistic and wears braces on his legs and was last seen around 6 p.m. Monday, playing in his backyard in the 500 block of Larchmont in the Oakpark neighborhood. The initial report stated that special concerns for the case was that Bosman had “cerebral palsy and autistic braces on legs.” It further listed Osage Hills State Park as his favorite place to visit. He had reportedly walked off in the past and that is where he said he was headed when he was found.

“He had gotten stuck in the mud and had taken off his leg braces. He was checked out by paramedics and taken to the hospital as a precaution due to the exposure to cold weather,” Hastings said.

Bosman had been listed as a “missing endangered juvenile” in an alert issued by the OHP around 3:09 a.m. Tuesday, and the alert said that he was “in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death.”

Hastings said the search was difficult because it was the middle of the night.

“And it was a rural area and there was a quite a bit of area to be searched,” he said. “We are certainly glad it ended well with the boy being safe, and we appreciate all the law enforcement agencies and Washington County Emergency Management for their assistance and definitely the OHP for the use of their helicopter.”

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